End-gate



(No Model.)

W. D. HAWK & O. S. FRENCH.

END GATE.

No. 481,491. Patented Aug. 23, 1892.

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WVALTER DANIEL HAWK, OF ROCK ISLAND, AND OELL SPROUT FRENCH, OFMONMOUTH, ILLINOIS.

END-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 481,491, dated August23, 1892. Application filed March 4, 1892. Serial No. 423,759. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WALTER DANIEL HAWK, of Rock Island, county of RockIsland, and OELL SPROUT FRENCH, of Monmouth,

5 Warren county, in the State of Illinois, citizens of the UnitedStates, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in End- Gates;and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same. I

This invention relates to means for attaching and supporting ascoop-board to the rear r end of a vehicle-body, whereby the saidscoopboard can be adjusted to any angle and can be applied to anyvehicle-body and have positive connection therewith.

The improvement consists of the novel features and the peculiarconstruction and combination of the parts, which will be hereinaftermore fully described and claimed, and which are shown in the annexeddrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of the rear end of avehicle-body, showing the invention applied, part of the scoop-boardbeing broken away to show the connections between it and the saidvehicle-body. Fig. 2 is a side View showing the operation of theinvention by dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a detail view of thescoopboard-connecting devices detached.

The vehicle-body A is of ordinary construction, comprising the sidepieces a a, the end- 3 5 gate I, which is adapted to slide betweencleats 1', provided on the side pieces a and the bottom J. The sidepieces are projected some distance in the rear of the end-gate I and thebottom J, as shown at a. The scoop-board O has positive connection withthe vehiclebottom J by means of the right-angled bracket B, which issecured to the said bottom or a cross-bar attached thereto, and thehooked plate D that is secured to the scoop-board. To facilitate theadjustment of the rightangled bracket B to the vehicle-bottom, it isslotted or open, one member receiving the fastening-bolt the other thehooked end of the plate D, as most clearly shown in Fig. 1. By thismeans the scoop-board has positive means of connection with thevehicle-body, and can be readily detached therefrom and adjusted to anyangle. There will be as many of these brackets B and hooked plates D asnecessary, ordinarily two willsuffice, one 5 5 being located near eachend of the scoopboard.

The strap-iron E, having ring 6 at one end, is secured to thescoop-board, and the approximatelyright-angledbracketF,securedto theextended side a of the vehicle-body, has a vertical extension f, whichis constructed to enter the ring 6 when the scoop-board is at itshighest position, so that the rod G, which is attached to the saidbracket F, may extend in anearly horizontal position. The rear or freeend of rod G is notched or provided with a series of hooked projectionsg, which are constructed to engage with the ring 6 and support thescoop-board at the required position.

The angle-plate H, which is secured to the side of the scoop-board nearthe inner end thereof, is provided with hooks h at difierent levels,which are engaged by the free end of rod G to support the scoop-board inan elevated or horizontal position. It will be understood that bothsides of the scoop-board and vehicle-body will be similarly equipped.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a vehicle-body having an end-gate and havingthe sides pro jected a short distancein the rear of said endgate and thevehicle-body and a scoop-board adapted to be supported at its inner endby a hinged joint to the vehicle-body about in line with the rear end ofthe vehicle-bottom, of a rod having connection at one end with theprojected ends of said side pieces of the vehicle body, and adapt-ed toengage with a lateral projection on the side of and near the outer endof the scoop-board, and a plate II near the inner end of saidscoop-board having projections at dilferent levels to engage with theother end of said rod, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a vehicle-body having its sides projected inthe rear of the end-gate and the bottom of said vehicle-bottom and ascoop-board adapted to be supported at its inner end by a hinged jointto the vehicle-body about in line with the rear end of thevehicle-bottom, of a rod having a series of projections at one end andconnected at the other end with the side of the vehiclebody, a ring e,secured to the scoop-board and constructed to have the said rod passthereth-rough and engage with one of the series of projections on saidrod to support the scoopboard in the required position, and a plate H,secured to the said scoop-board near its inner ends, and havingprojections at different levels to be engaged by the said rod to supportthe scoop-board in a horizontal position, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a vehicle-body having its sides projected inthe rear of the end-gate and the bottom thereof, a scoopboard, and theslotted right-angled brackets d and the hook-plates b to pivotallyconnect the scoop-board with the vehicle-bottom, of astrapiron securedto the scoop-board and having ring e, a bracket secured to thevehicle-body and having a vertical extension f, which 15 adapted toproject into the said ring e, a notched rod connected with the saidvertical extension f, and a plate H, attached to the inner end of thescoop-board and having lateral extensions at difierent levels,substantially as described,for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

WALTER DANIEL HAWK. OELL SPROUT FRENCH. Witnesses to the signature of W.D. Hawk:

W. J AS. HAWK, FRED MOMILLAN. Witnesses to the signature of 0. S.French:

W. F. WARREN, FRED MCMILLAN.

